* Grades for Module 2 rewrites are on the Stellar site! Nice improvements all around. Congrats....

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* Module 3 oral presentation grades are posted to the Stellar site. Be sure to download the comments sheet! Grades for written proposals and pre-proposals will be posted soon.

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* Pictures of you and your solar cells are here https://www.dropbox.com/sh/a9qvsqlryizg0ke/pk5hoeMzrW

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* Efficiency data for your solar cells is linked [[Talk:20.109(F12): Mod 3 Day 5 Solar cell testing| here!]] Congrats on the success you all enjoyed with this module and a HUGE thanks to Jackie for all her hard work to make this experiment run so smoothly.

* Mod 2 re-writes (if you choose to try it) are due at midnight on Friday 11/30. This re-write assignment is subject to the 1/3 of a letter grade penalty for each 24 hour period late-- should you need that option.

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* I've just posted my M1D3 notes -- with apologies for forgetting to do so before traveling this weekend. Consider putting a "watch" on the [[20.109%28F12%29:_Fall_2012_schedule | Schedule page]] to always know when lecture notes have been posted. Hope to see some of you at office hours this afternoon! [[User:AgiStachowiak|AgiStachowiak]] 12:13, 25 September 2012 (EDT)

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* Given the nature of the remaining assignments, Agi will hold individual meetings by request rather than group OH for the (so brief!) remainder of the semester.

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* Since a few people have had trouble locating the gels I ran after class last week, the link to them is [http://openwetware.org/wiki/Talk:20.109%28F12%29:_Mod_1_Day_3_Agarose_gel_electrophoresis here]. You can also reach this page by going to the M1D3 page and then clicking the "talk" link at the very top of the page.

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* Hi all -- for this week, Agi will have office hours from 4-5 pm on Tuesday, in 16-319. Future OH will be some combinations of Mondays 2-3 pm and Tuesdays 4-5 pm (some weeks both days).

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* Hi all -- for this week, Agi will have office hours from 2:30-3:00 pm, in 16-319. Future OH are TBD, pending more responses to the poll.

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* Hi folks -- just a reminder that Agi's office hours poll is linked at [http://doodle.com/ga8wetwpm8h7pafy here]. Please fill out tonight if you can!

*A note about quizzes: The material will be primarily based on 1) the previous lecture and 2) the lab introduction material (with perhaps some minor questions from the protocol) of ''the lab you are about to complete''. For example, your quiz on M1D2 will be regarding the material given in the M1D2 introduction and the M1D1 lecture.

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*There will be no student written quiz on Tuesday/Wednesday of this week (9.11 and 9.12) since we'll be having a Lab Certification. Quizzes will start on Thursday/Friday of week 1and you should assume there will one every day EXCEPT the first day of a new module OR a day there is a Lab Certification.

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*T/R lab: Here is a doodle poll to help me find a good time to hold office hours: http://doodle.com/a39irvzex9f4ify6 Please respond by Thursday Sept 13th.

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*You will need your lab notebooks on Tuesday/Wednesday (9.11 and 9.12) to record the work you do at the very end of lab.

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*For Tuesday's lecture (9.11), we will have the LateNiteLabs folks visiting and they will walk through the virtual lab environment. If you have a laptop that you can bring to lecture on 9/11, you might enjoy walking through the labs with them on your own computer.

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*Please check out the Assignments link so you and your lab partner can make your choices no later than M1D3.

Welcome to 20.109! For many of you this will be the first time in a research lab and for others it will not, but it is our goal to make this class a useful and fun introduction to experiments and techniques in biological engineering. There is not time enough to show you everything you’ll need to know if you go on to do research, but after taking this class you should feel confident and familiar with some fundamental experimental approaches and lab protocols. You will develop good habits at the bench, ones that will increase the likelihood of success in your work and ensure the health and safety of you and those around you. By the end of the semester, you should also be aware of good scientific practice, having had some experience with report writing, notebook keeping and publicly presenting your data. All of us involved in teaching 20.109 hope you will find it a satisfying challenge and an exciting experience that has lasting value.

Mod 2 re-writes (if you choose to try it) are due at midnight on Friday 11/30. This re-write assignment is subject to the 1/3 of a letter grade penalty for each 24 hour period late-- should you need that option.

Given the nature of the remaining assignments, Agi will hold individual meetings by request rather than group OH for the (so brief!) remainder of the semester.